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ICC prosecutors are seeking warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders, here's what happens next
7 months, 2 weeks ago

ICC prosecutors are seeking warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders, here's what happens next

ABC  

The International Criminal Court prosecutor's office has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence chief, and also for three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. ICC prosecutor Karim AA Khan KC said he had reasonable grounds to believe Mr Gallant bore responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in …

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Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel after deadly strikes
10 months ago

Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel after deadly strikes

Al Jazeera  

Armed group says it launched dozens of rockets on Israeli village of Meron, after Israeli strikes killed five people in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s Hezbollah has said it has fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel after Israeli strikes the day before killed at least five people in southern Lebanon, including three of the group’s members, as fears grow of a …

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13 killed in Israeli strike on Rafah border, Lebanon fires rockets at Meron town: Top points
11 months ago

13 killed in Israeli strike on Rafah border, Lebanon fires rockets at Meron town: Top points

India Today  

At least 13 people, including two women and five children, were killed as Israel struck the city of Rafah on Gaza's southern border, the Associated Press reported. Later, in a statement, Hezbollah said it fired a barrage of dozens of rockets at the Upper Galilee in Israel, saying it was “in retaliation for the Zionist aggression on Nabatieh.” The Hezbollah …

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Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in ‘response’ to Hamas leader’s killing
1 year ago

Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in ‘response’ to Hamas leader’s killing

Al Jazeera  

Lebanese group says it targeted Meron air base following the killing of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut. Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has said it targeted a vital Israeli military post with a barrage of 62 rockets as a “preliminary response” to the killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut this week. “As part of the initial response to the …

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As COVID spread in federal prisons, many at-risk inmates tried and failed to get out
2 years, 10 months ago

As COVID spread in federal prisons, many at-risk inmates tried and failed to get out

NPR  

As COVID spread in federal prisons, many at-risk inmates tried and failed to get out Enlarge this image toggle caption John S. Stewart/AP John S. Stewart/AP In a federal prison in Springfield, Mo., Waylon Young Bird quietly wrote a letter to a federal judge. Enlarge this image toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images In …

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NBC hopes the sun will come out as it mounts ‘Annie Live!’
3 years, 1 month ago

NBC hopes the sun will come out as it mounts ‘Annie Live!’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — There’s a famous saying in showbiz: “Never work with children or animals.” NBC is wisely ignoring that as it mounts a live version of the hit Broadway musical “Annie.” The tale of the spunky young orphan with her dog Sandy set during the Depression will be NBC’s first live musical since its triumphant “Jesus Christ Superstar Live …

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NBC hopes the sun will come out as it mounts 'Annie Live!'
3 years, 1 month ago

NBC hopes the sun will come out as it mounts 'Annie Live!'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There's a famous saying in …

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The fall of Benjamin Netanyahu after a glorified regime of 12 years
3 years, 6 months ago

The fall of Benjamin Netanyahu after a glorified regime of 12 years

Op India  

Just the other day there was still a consensus here. Bibi is no longer the prime minister of Israel, and taking into account Netanyahu’s legal situation, it is not clear whether he will continue to be the leader of the opposition, say, another year from today. The “first Israel” is the privileged secular European-oriented group that hates Netanyahu, while members …

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Officials scrutinized as Israel mourns 45 killed at festival
3 years, 8 months ago

Officials scrutinized as Israel mourns 45 killed at festival

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Officials came under growing scrutiny Sunday for ignoring warnings about safety lapses at one of Israel’s most visited holy sites, as the country mourned 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in a stampede at a festival there. The stampede, the deadliest civil disaster in Israel’s history, took place early Friday during a festival called Lag BaOmer on Mount Meron in …

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Recriminations begin over deadly crush at a religious festival in Israel
3 years, 8 months ago

Recriminations begin over deadly crush at a religious festival in Israel

CNN  

CNN — As the Shabbat drew to a close in Israel, funerals for the victims of Friday’s crush at Mount Meron have resumed – and so have the recriminations over the mountaintop disaster that killed 45 people, including children. Gil Cohen Magen/AFP/Getty Images Ohana, a member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, and one of the Prime Minister’s most loyal allies, …

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Israel mourns deaths of 45 in stampede at religious festival
3 years, 8 months ago

Israel mourns deaths of 45 in stampede at religious festival

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The holiday of Lag BaOmer is one of the happiest days on the calendar for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community — a time of mass celebrations in honor of a revered sage. But in a split second Friday, the festive gathering in northern Israel turned into one of the country’s worst-ever tragedies, with at least 45 people crushed to death …

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Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 45, hurts dozens
3 years, 8 months ago

Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 45, hurts dozens

The Hindu  

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. One of the injured, Avraham Leibe, told Israeli public broadcaster Kan that a crush of people trying to descend the mountain caused a “general bedlam” on a slippery metal …

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At least 40 killed, over 100 injured in stampede at religious bonfire festival in Israel
3 years, 8 months ago

At least 40 killed, over 100 injured in stampede at religious bonfire festival in Israel

India Today  

Dozens of people were crushed to death in a crowd at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a "heavy disaster". The crush occurred as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews thronged to the Galilee tomb of 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai for annual Lag B'Omer commemorations that …

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